We
love books. We love reading
them, writing them, editing them and helping them get into print. We
have
eclectic tastes and are open to manuscripts of almost any
genré.
SPECIAL NOTE: Due to a
death in Rebecca's immediate family we will not be able to accept new
queries until Sept. 1 at the earliest. Please check here after
that to see if we are again accepting queries. Please DO NOT
QUERY at this time. Thank you for your consideration.
Before you send us your manuscript you MUST
understand a few facts:
- Writing a
book is the easy part; selling
it to a publisher and then to a market is very much harder.
- We
choose to represent authors who have the skills to write, the discipline
to do the work, and the willingness
to work with us to make
the product marketable. Your query may be your only chance to prove
that you are client material so read all of our information before
submitting a query.
- While
we are not traditional in that we make every effort to
remain open to
new writers and that we accept submissions by
e-mail, we are
traditional in what we expect to see in a query. You will impress us
more with a good query letter than with a well-written novel. A lot of
people can write well while very few are tenacious enough
to do what it
takes to become a published author.
- Simultaneous
queries to multiple agencies or publishers are frowned
upon, but we
understand why authors do it. We will read your query but if we ask for
additional material we will accept it only if we
are the exclusive
readers at that level. In return we will promise a rapid turn around
(understanding that at least two readers in our agency will be
reviewing your work and that it takes each an average of 12 hours to
read a manuscript--and that we receive more than one query per day
which we also must read and evaluate). All of this is in addition to
the actual work of servicing our signed clients.
- We
want to do a good job since our success as an agency is
entirely
dependent upon our ability to recognize and sign quality authors. We
can not do it without your help and full cooperation.
ALWAYS
QUERY FIRST
- We
NEVER charge reading
fees for considering work, nor do we charge for standard copyediting of
accepted submissions.
- We
are not reading children's books, plays, poetry
or scripts
at this time.
- We
DO NOT represent previously published books (If it has an ISBN do not
submit)
- Send
queries as email text only--we
do not open unsolicited attachments.
- Do not send queries to any
address other those indicated on this page.
Open Letter From Rebecca Pratt
We offer this discussion of the need for and value of an agent for your
continuing education.
by David Ryback, Ph.D. (who is
one of our authors).
David
provides a very good
evaluation of the obligatory query letter and how to use it to best
effect when seeking an agent for your project.
We
wish you good luck in your search.
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